Chapter-3, Verse 6

Ashtavakra Gita Verse 3.6

आस्थितः परमाद्वैतं मोक्षार्थेऽपि व्यवस्थितः। आश्चर्यं कामवशगो विकलः केलिशिक्षया॥६॥

6. It is strange indeed, that one abiding in the transcendent non-duality and set for the goal of Liberation should yet come under the sway of lust and distraught by his sensual habits. 

The smothering hammer of ridicule is mercilessly laid upon the student, blow after blow, delivered by his Teacher. The humble student, in utter silence, maintains his inner balance, as he discovers a deeper assurance in his heart, provided by his own wisdom. 

As a king living his normal householder's life, fulfilling his duties towards his queens, how can Janaka continue living in the palace when he is abiding within himself in the transcendental non-dual Self? How can he indulge in sensual pleasures and derive out of it the normal pleasure of a man of body-consciousness, when he claims that he is in a different plane of spiritual experience in himself? In spite of the hammerings, the spiritual material in the student survives with its unique temper!